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No. of Children who received, on the recommendation of the School
Medical Officer:—
Pints. Pints.
Free Milk 161—16,876 656-56,375
Milk (part payment) 39—2,941 32—1,722
Milk (whole payment) 15—1,987 56—2,705
Issues. Issues.
Firee Malt 37—4,069 192—15,011
Malt (whole payment) 45—5,178 74—3,377
(N.B.—-Milk and malt and oil given on the recommendation of the School
Medical Officer are supplied free of cost; voluntary payments, however,
are accepted from the parents.)
The amounts supplied, as will be seen from the figures, shows
a very substantial increase on 1936.
The Committee continued, during the Easter, Whitsun, Midsummer
and Christmas Vacations, to provide facilities at the Free
Dinner Centres for children to receive milk under the Milk
Marketing Board's scheme at a cost of Jd. per one-third of a pint.
In the Midsummer Vacation, the experiment was to some extent
justified, 7,175 bottles being sold during twenty-five days; 1,468
bottles were supplied during the five days of the Easter Vacation,
and 1,424 during ten days of the Christmas Vacation.
All the milk supplied is Pasteurised milk, and the sources of
supply are subject to the approved of, and constant supervision by,
the Medical Officer of Health, through the Sanitary Inspectors.
Any falling off in quality or cleanliness is enquired into as soon as
detected, and should any source prove consistently below standard
the supply from this source would be suspended.
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S SPECIAL SCHOOL
I am indebted to Mr. H. J. Edmonds, the Headmaster, for the
following report.
The School continues to make steady progress in all subjects,
especially in the teaching of reading.
The year opened with 126 children on the school roll. During
the year, 33 children were admitted, and 29 left, giving the number
on the Register on December 31st, 1937, as 130. In this connection,
it is very gratifying to note the high percentage of attendance.
The children come from all parts of the Borough, many are poorly
clad, and some leave their homes daily at 8 a.m. and yet the
percentage of attendance for the year is 88.